conservation

Man of the Wild

Rajni George

Conservationist Vivek Menon on charismatic mammals, environmental awareness and the urgent need for land securement

Now, Who’s Crouching?

Jay Mazoomdaar

Open magazine does its turn to stall an eco-tourism scam in Rajasthan

Crouching Tourists, Hidden Tiger

Jay Mazoomdaar

Behind the face-off between the wildlife tourism lobby and the Ministry of Environment and Forests lies a network of hidden interests that exercises monopoly power and prospers on hypocrisy and corruption. More than stricter regulations, it’s time for transparency

Dispatched to Die

Jay Mazoomdaar

The latest death of a translocated tiger reiterates how Sariska continues to stand for everything that could have gone wrong with conservation in India.

Killing Them with Kindness

Jay Mazoomdaar

Animal welfare is not conservation. That is why our emotional meddling, however well intentioned, poses a menace to wildlife

Relocation Rumpus

Jay Mazoomdaar

Barring a few exceptions, the mandate and money meant to free the country’s finest tiger forests of human settlements is going waste in the absence of practical, transparent and sensitive groundwork.

Salve Beats a Hasty Retreat

Open

Harish Salve takes cover as Open turns on the heat over his disingenuous note to the Supreme Court on a highway expansion plan through Kanha-Pench.

Surrendering the Last Frontier

Jay Mazoomdaar

The Kanha-Pench landscape is one of India’s best four tiger habitats. But despite objections from the National Board for Wildlife, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife Institute of India and Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee, a highway might just deny the big cat its best chance of survival.